Rozie, If you have a relative thats 98, you better get a tape recorder and get all the information you can on it! Ray Brazell (sp) my Uncle also bought and sold produce at Van Buren. Aunt T, Thelma (Mills) Mills, Phillips age 97, pass in Oct. 06. Snow descendent!!! I had a Aunt, Aunt Ruth Cox, one Son and one Daughter lived at the top of the hill next to store on East side of 59, I think this is Log Town Hill. Have a Aunt living in Lawrence, Ks. with Sister, age 95, Sophia Ellen (Mills) Gregg, both Aunts were from Dripping Springs, Natural Dam area, grew up on Snow Farm which they say was right on Okla./Ark. state line?? I am going to try and get all the materials Aunt T, had and give to genealogy Alma, Ark. Don McGee ----- Original Message ----- From: "rozie10263" <rozie10263@aol.com> To: <arcrawfo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFO] Alma or Dora? > I am not sure of exactly when the depot was closed in Dora but a relative of > mine who is 98 who still lives in Dora, told me "it was at Greenwood > Junction behind the ole home place" which runs parallel to I-40 (East and > west). She said they went to town (Van Buren) once a week to sell their > crops. It told it was difficult to get down log town hill (in Van Buren) > The Post Office was ran in the store which was opened in 1888 in Dora (ran > by relatives) it resided in the store that is now called Squash Blossom. > > Rozie > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: WallDuncan@aol.com > > Date: 01/12/07 08:41:01 > > To: arcrawfo@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFO] Alma or Dora? > > > > 'Scuse me for horning in > > > > 'Dora' at the turn of 1900 would have been reached by a different rail line > > than Alma, probably transfer at Van Buren. My 1910 map of Arkansas shows > Dora > > just northwest of Van Buren.... Of course the two are not so far apart that > > travel by horseback or buggy or stage line would not have been possible.. > the > > roads were mostly pretty minimal, and many places we think of as 'towns' > > would really have been just walk-in Post-Office General Stores, possibly > > accompanied by other stores, railway or stage stops--the railroads in those > times > > still made a lot of local stops, and those old folks used them for travel > where > > we would just jump in the car--The physical framework of those times was so > > different from ours...I am told that the nearest RR scheduled stop is now at > > Tulsa, out of state and over the horizon. Both Dora and Alma appear on > current > > road maps.This is county-government territory, of course, so you can't > > really think 'town'....Also, no daily delivery of mail--they would walk in > to the > > PO, maybe some distance away, and maybe not every week. Also, maybe no > > 'address' as we think of it now. And the 'Frisco' line was a kind of > octopus > > corporation that kept taking over more and more separate local RR's, so > you have > > to keep close track of which RR and at what time....Steamboat traffic on > the > > river was still alive, and there were probably a lot of small local one-man > > ferry operations that you wouldn't be able to find on any map...now or then > > > > Duncan the Librarian > > > > _WallDuncan@AOL.COM_ (mailto:WallDuncan@AOL.COM) > > Yarmouth Port, MA > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARCRAWFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 1/11/07 3:33 PM > >